https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/6156ac96a74f23c0c8863302a2d4c151.png 6d011d5a5d500ad9c98a1bd399eebd7f https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/4828cb9646f6f68003ca95df247995b7.jpg 456e4496ef5f203bd738f839532e4279 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Commerce Building, University of Melbourne Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Commercial Photographic Co Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER2010091" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harold Paynting Collection, State Library Victoria, H2009.185/10</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c1935-1949 https://www.schoolingmemories.net/files/original/dfcf2c758752639fc3feeefed3cc8a11.jpg 7a82eaf8cdad2f3752933a5920401805 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stephen Mason's School Workbooks Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy Stephen Mason Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920s–1940s Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schooling Memories Person An individual. Birth Date 1924 Education Primary: Yarra Park Primary School, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria (early 1930s) Primary: West Preston State School, Melbourne, Victoria (early 1930s) Secondary: Coburg High School, Melbourne, Victoria (1935–1937) Secondary: Melbourne High School (1938–1939) University of Melbourne (1940–1943, then post 1945) Occupation State Bank Victoria Biographical Text Steve was born in Richmond in 1924 and spent a little time in his early childhood in Gippsland, where his father was a teacher, before moving back to Richmond to live with his grandmother when he started school. He began his primary education at Yarra Park School in Richmond and then attended West Preston State School. A strong memory of his primary school experience is the large class sizes – up to 70 children in a class – and the authority of the teachers, ‘you never queried what your teacher said, there was no challenging’. Steve recalls how young students at this time were quite independent, going across the road for lunch and riding bicycles long distances to get to school. He attended two high schools: the first, Coburg High, where he remembers his Latin teacher inspiring a long-lasting love of the language. The second high school he attended was Melbourne High, which he remembers fondly, noting Geology excursions, the library and academic rigor as important aspects of that experience. He left Melbourne High at the age of 15 and started work in the State Bank, studying commerce at university alongside his work. Part-way through his degree he left for World War II and continued his work and study when he returned. He worked for the State Bank for 49 years. Steve is proud of the family tradition of attendance at Melbourne High School and the value of academic study, instilled in him by both his family and his teachers. Birthplace Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria Image credits 1. Coburg High School, 1928. Photographer unknown. <a href="http://www.picturevictoria.vic.gov.au/site/coburg/chs/15981.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coburg Historical Society, R3.12</a><br /><br />2. Old Commerce Building, University of Melbourne, c1935–1949. Commercial Photographic Co. Harold Paynting Collection, <a href="http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER2010091">State Library Victoria, H2009.185/10</a><br /><br />3. <span>Steven Mason's School Workbooks, 1920s-1940s. Courtesy Steve Mason</span> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stephen Mason Students_1930s Students_1940s